Macy's: Local Frango production delayed

January 29, 2009

Macy's Inc. said today it expects Chicago production of one-pound boxes of Frango mint chocolates to start in April or May, nearly a year-and-a-half later than initially planned, the Sun-Times reports.

"We've acquired all the certifications required, and we are waiting on one final verification," said Macy's spokeswoman Andrea Schwartz. She didn't specify the unfinished verification.

John Stefanos, president of Cupid Candies, said the company his parents started recently obtained kosher certification from the Chicago Rabbinical Council, and the process is "moving along."

Macy's announced on Oct. 17, 2007, that Cupid Candies, a 72-year-old South Side candy manufacturer, would make the No. 1-selling Frango, the mint chocolate in a one-pound box.